Saturday, March 29th, 2008

A Lumberjack’s New Arm Candy

Lumberjacks have to carry pieces of wood on thier shoulders everyday. Should we all go the way of the lumberjack and start carrying wood on our shoulders as well? Most people would say, “NO WAY! How is that a fashion statement?” but designer Timmy Woods believes that it can be fashionable. Wooden handbags are actually handbags sculpted out of wood and used a fashion statements. You might have already seen these and not even know it. They look just like normal fashion handbags with the exception to the fact that it is made of wood. These wooden bags usually end up being designed as evening bags since daily usage of a wooden bag is quite inconvenient. Wood naturally is not flexible nor does it travel so it sacrficies many elements of what makes a good handbag. But that doesn’t mean these bags can’t be beautiful. Wooden handbags are sometimes carved out of a single block of wood and they decorated with beads, gems, or jewelry. So what do people think? Will this catch on? Is this more of a novelty item or destined to be the new fashion statement? This Planet by Timmy Woods, is a great example of what a wooden handbag looks like.